| No more warm shore power cord [message #267100] |
Wed, 03 December 2014 17:10  |
Otterwan
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Registered: July 2013
Location: Lynnwood (north of Seattl...
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With temps in the 20's I've had the Twinkie plugged into shore power with the heaters running most days. The 30 amp shore power cord is plugged into a 20 amp adapter that came with the coach. Both the shore power cord and adapter would get fairly warm, which I assumed was normal. The other day when I unplugged the cord from the wall I noticed the prongs of the adapter were actually pretty hot. I ordered a Camco 12" dogbone adapter and used it today for the first time.
After the heaters had been running for about an hour I went to check the cord. It was ice cold. My first thought was that the breaker had tripped, but both heaters were still running full bore.
Bottom line is there was enough resistance in the old adapter to generate a lot of heat. For less than $10, that danger is now gone.
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000BUU5YA/ref=pe_385040_127541850_TE_item
1977 Birchaven, Lynnwood WA - "We may not be able to stop all evil in the world, but I know that how we treat one another is entirely up to us."
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